A "Tardis"-like Victorian chapel is expected to fetch about £90,000 when it goes under the hammer at an auction in Warwickshire next week.

The former Methodist Church, in Main Street, Willoughby, comes with planning permission for conversion into a home.

The building has been compared to Doctor Who's time-travelling telephone box by its current owner, villager Beryl Hallam, whose husband Frank used it as an engineering workshop before his death in 2000.

She said: "It is like a Tardis. "Externally, it looks quite small and neat but when you are inside it is really wide and spacious."

The chapel, built in 1898, has not been used for services since 1989 but the pulpit is still there and it has panelled walls and ceilings.

In the 15 years since it was sold off by the Wesleyan church, it has been used variously as a recording studio, an office and an workshop.

Speaking when the conversion plans were first considered by Rugby Borough Council last year, Cllr Mark Pawsey (Con, Dunchurch and Knightlow) said he welcomed the change to residential use.

He said: "It's a small property so it would be ideal for a young couple starting off."

The auction will be held at the Green Man Inn, Dunchurch, at 6.30pm next Wednesday.